Lend the Old Hobbler your arm.
Scene II.—Pavilion.
Time—After Breakfast.
North—Talboys—Seward—Buller.
NORTH.
NOW FOR THE GRAND INQUIRY.
How long, think you, was Othello Governor of Cyprus, and Desdemona the General's wife?
TALBOYS.
How long? Why, some weeks, or some months; quarter of a year, half a year, a year.
NORTH.
A most satisfactory answer indeed to a simple question. How long have I been Commander of the Forces at Cladich?